The pitch

Fair to say the farm­ing com­mu­nity con­tains its fair share of ge­niuses and un­her­alded en­gi­neers. Prob­lems that need to be solved on farm nor­mally re­sult in a cre­ative so­lu­tion. Well now the brains trust be­hind the Aus­tralian Dairy Con­fer­ence will give 10 farm­ers the chance to pitch their bril­liant ideas at the ADC in Mel­bourne next Fe­bru­ary. A short­list of up to 10 fi­nal­ists will be given five min­utes to present their con­cept to a judg­ing panel and con­fer­ence del­e­gates. They’ll need to demon­strate why their idea is the num­ber one thing farm­ers should in­tro­duce when they get back to the farm. Like all great ideas, we’re guess­ing sim­plic­ity will be the key. En­tries close Oc­to­ber 2. Head to www.aus­traliandairycon­fer­ence.com.au to reg­is­ter.